MMJ Business Daily

Medical cannabis firm sues Florida over licensing delays

A lawsuit has been filed in Florida alleging state officials are “unconstitutionally dragging their feet” on issuing more medical marijuana business permits for the highly competitive program. A nursery that lost out in an early round of MM…

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CA state senator leads charge against large-scale marijuana grows

In an effort to protect smaller-scale cannabis growers that are worried about being forced out of the regulated market by commercial cultivators that will be producing at scale, California state Sen. Scott Wiener has vowed to push regulators to amend i…

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MA aims to release recreational cannabis draft rules in December

A Massachusetts commission is planning to make significant headway next month in crafting regulations for the state’s upcoming recreational marijuana industry, with draft rules expected before the end of the year. The Cannabis Control Commission …

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Week in Review: MPP chief bows out, Ohio’s dispensary application glut & MassRoots’ internal war

Rob Kampia steps down as executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, Ohio is inundated with MMJ dispensary applications, and MassRoots battles its founder. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the pas…

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Alberta’s plan to allow marijuana use in hotels could create huge new industry

Alberta is set to become the first province in Canada to give hotel owners the option of allowing recreational marijuana consumption in guest rooms, creating a potentially huge new cannabis tourism sector. It’s also the first time a province has sought…

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Labeling error leads to recall of medical marijuana in Canada

A licensed producer of medical marijuana that issued a voluntarily recall says more than 70% of the product has been returned. Aurora Cannabis – based in Alberta and traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ACB – issued the rec…

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Marijuana Business Daily to resume publishing Friday

Marijuana Business Daily is closed for Thanksgiving and will resume publishing Friday on a limited schedule.
Marijuana Business Daily to resume publishing Friday is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for ca…

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Layoffs at marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings

Privateer Holdings, a marijuana-focused private equity company, has laid off a portion of its workforce, only weeks after a subsidiary, Leafly, cut 15 employees. The Seattle-based cannabis investment firm did not reveal how many staffers were eliminate…

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New rules would have major impact on most Canadian cannabis businesses

A new set of regulatory proposals has been released by Health Canada that would have wide-ranging implications for most businesses in Canada’s marijuana industry — and even many stuck in the gray market. The regulations would facilitate the coming into…

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Florida’s medical marijuana program enlists help for patient ID card production

In an effort to get medical marijuana into consumer hands quicker, Florida’s health department has awarded a third-party contract to produce the state’s MMJ identification cards. State regulators have fallen behind because of a flood of MMJ regis…

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